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BALTIMORE -- It sure didnt take long for new players on the Texas Rangers to get comfortable in a different environment. The trio has made a good team even better.Jonathan Lucroy hit his first homer with Texas, Carlos Beltran had two hits and an RBI, and the Rangers beat Wade Miley and the Baltimore Orioles 5-3 Thursday night to avoid a three-game sweep.Texas received contributions from the threesome it acquired before Mondays non-waiver trade deadline. Lucroy homered in the second inning. Beltran -- who homered Wednesday -- singled in a run in the fifth. And Jeremy Jeffress pitched a scoreless seventh.For those guys to go a new ballclub, the travel, and assimilating themselves into the clubhouse ... theyre professionals but anytime you make that move it can be a change, Rangers manager Jeff Banister said. But it was nice to see theyre starting to perk up and do what they do. We saw tonight what this lineup can be capable of.Ian Desmond drove in two runs and Shin-Soo Choo came off the disabled list to get two hits and score a run for the Rangers, who took back from Baltimore the distinction of owning the best record in the AL.Texas won the season series 4-3 and would have home-field advantage in the postseason if the teams finish with the same regular-season record and meet in the playoffs.Its been a dogfight with these guys. Thats another first-place team over there, Lucroy said. Its another team that can hit, hit a lot of home runs, especially in this park. It feels good to pull that one out and kind of break out offensively.Mark Trumbo hit his major-league leading 31st homer for the Orioles, who fell to 39-17 at home. Pedro Alvarez and Hyun-Soo Kim also hit solo shots.Miley (7-9) gave up four runs and eight hits in five innings in his debut with the Orioles. The left-hander was traded by Seattle on Sunday.I wish the results would have been a little better, Miley said. I had some jitters.After Miley took a line drive off his left calf for the final out in the fifth, manager Buck Showalter went to bullpen in the sixth.I dont think its a big concern at all, Miley said.A.J. Griffin (5-1) allowed three homers in 5 1/3 innings but won a second straight start following a six-game run without a victory.Theyve got some power, but for the most part I felt like we kept them off-balance really well, Griffin said.Sam Dyson, the fifth Texas pitcher, worked a perfect ninth for his 23rd save.After Lucroy put the Rangers up 1-0, Desmond added a run-scoring groundout in the second.Texas made it 4-0 in the fifth on RBI singles by Desmond and Beltran. Desmonds single bounced past first baseman Chris Davis, who was screened by Choo advancing to second, and Beltrans pop bounced off the glove of second baseman Jonathan Schoop in right field.Trumbo and Alvarez homered in succession in the bottom half, and Kim led off the sixth with his fourth homer of the season -- his first at Camden Yards.Consecutive doubles by Adrian Beltre and Roughned Odor off Logan Ondrusek made it 5-3 in the eighth.SHORT HOPSRangers: Griffin has allowed at least one HR in eight straight starts. ... Texas hit a season-high six doubles.Orioles: Miley is the first lefty to start for Baltimore this season. ... The Orioles have hit back-to-back homers 12 times this season.TRAINERS ROOMRangers: Choo spent the minimum 15 days on the disabled list with lower back inflammation. It was his third stint on the DL this season.UP NEXTRangers: Martin Perez (7-7, 4.22 ERA) starts for Texas on Friday night in the opener of a three-game series in Houston. The Rangers are 9-1 against the Astros this season.Orioles: Baltimore starts a 10-game trip Friday night by facing former teammate Miguel Gonzalez (2-5, 4.06) and the Chicago White Sox.Vapormax Plus Herren Schweiz . P.A. Parenteau scored early in the third period to help the Avs edge Toronto 2-1 on Tuesday night. Cory Sarich also scored for Colorado (3-0-0), which is off to its best ever start. Nike Vapormax Herren Schweiz . "Were just throwing s--- at the wall hoping something sticks," said Tortorella about the possible line combinations for Fridays game against Columbus. The Canucks have lost five straight games and six of their last seven, leaving them in a logjam in the Pacific Division, currently sitting fifth - good for ninth in the Western Conference. http://www.vapormaxkaufenschweiz.com/vapormax-herren-schweiz.html . LOUIS -- Theres no telling how these wacky World Series games will end. Air Max 200 Damen .C. at the helm of the top team in the Eastern Conference. His tenure as the GM in Vancouver was all too brief. Though he led the Canucks to what was then a franchise record-shattering campaign in just his second season, Nonis was gone and replaced one year later. Air Max 97 Schweiz . 1 position. The Mustangs (6-0), who beat Queens 50-31 last weekend, earned 17 first-place votes and 287 points in voting by the Football Reporters of Canada. Western was last ranked first in the country in October 2011.ALLEN PARK, Mich. -- Defensive tackle?Haloti Ngata is still undergoing tests on the shoulder injury he suffered during the Detroit Lions 24-23 win over the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday and could be out two to three weeks, a source confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday.The news was first reported by NFL Network.Lions coach Jim Caldwell, when asked about Ngata and whether he would be available Sunday against the Rams, said to check the report -- Caldwells standard answer to injury questions.Ngata was not at the open portion of Lions practice Wednesday.Ngata suffered the injury in the second half of the Lions victory over Philadelphia. He played 31 snaps before the injury.The Lions did receive some good news, injury-wise. Star defensive end Ezekiel Ansah practiced for the first time since injuring his ankle in Week 2 against the Titans and went through individual drills. This could bode well for his status Sunday against Los Angeles. He would immediately ooffer Detroit pass rush help -- an area the Lions have struggled with during the season.ddddddddddddBesides Ngata, the Lions were without running backs Dwayne Washington (ankle) and Theo Riddick (unknown), starting left guard Laken Tomlinson (unknown), tight end Eric Ebron (knee/ankle), wide receiver Anquan Boldin (unknown) and linebacker DeAndre Levy (quad/knee) at practice Wednesday. All are starters or key contributors for Detroit.Ngata, 32, has eight tackles and 1.5 sacks in five games this season. He played in 15 games and had 24 tackles and 2.5 sacks last season, his first for Detroit.If Ngata doesnt play Sunday, the Lions will likely look to either rookie AShawn Robinson or veteran Khyri Thornton to fill his spot in the starting lineup. Robinson has six tackles and a sack this season. Thornton has three tackles. ' ' '